Accident Investigation Report 13/2008

Summary

MAIB Reports on the investigations of the fire on board the fishing vessel Shark 74 miles west-north-west of Malin Head 19 January 2008 and the foundering of the fishing vessel Royalist 180 miles west-north-west of Dingle, Ireland 23 January 2008.

It was decided to combine the reports of the MAIB investigations into the above accidents into a single document to better illustrate concern over a number of common safety issues.